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Pound House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QJ

TPO/422/2025Delegated Report for TPOAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Pound House Cotherstone Tree Preservation Order 2025

Received
28 November 2025
Decision due
23 January 2026
Ward
Upper Teesdale
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.5 Feb
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at Pound House Cotherstone Barnard Castle DL12 9QJ. Durham has handled 1,460 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Cotherstone conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Upper Teesdale. We hold 860 applications in total for the DL12 postcode area.

90% of trees applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DL12 9QJ
Application type
Delegated Report for TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cotherstone

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Consultation expiry
5 February 2026
Consultation start
15 January 2026
Consultation end
5 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Cotherstone
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Durham

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